DORTMUND, GERMANY – It wasn’t pretty by any means, but for dozens of raucous Latvian fans who made the trip, Mairis Briedis did a beautiful job...
THE GOLDEN ERA OF CRUISERWEIGHTS – Once upon a time in fightland, the cruiserweight division, with it’s first title tilt in 1979, was the most maligned...
THREE PUNCH COMBO: Boxing can be a funny sport. Often it is not if a fighter wins but how he looks in winning that determines his...
The second weekend of March was chock full of good boxing matches. As usual, Mexicans were well represented among the winners and losers. On Friday, big...
JERRY IZENBERG’S “Once There Were Giants”: — Anyone who saw the great 2004 biopic about Ray Charles, Ray, might recall what Jamie Foxx, who won the...
ALI — Last year, I was involved in the making of a documentary entitled Muhammad Ali: A Life that will be televised by Epix on January...
KLITSCHKO vs JOSHUA — No matter what happens when he faces Anthony Joshua this spring, expect Wladimir Klitschko to one day be immortalized in the International...
THE 2016 BOXING AWARDS — Over the next several days, we will be handing out our “Best of the Best” awards for 2016. The awards will...
THE VALUEV-HOLYFIELD HEIST — There is a line from one of Elvis Presley’s lesser-known songs, Big Boss Man, that could apply to the deceptively impressive record...
JOSHUA PREPS FOR KLITSCHKO — Anthony Joshua successfully defended his IBF heavyweight title on Saturday, Dec. 10, in Manchester, dismissing Eric Molina in the third round....